Re: Creating fillinable documents in Word 2004 that are fully functional in Works for Windows

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Wait, Diane said Works for Windows. John, you read it as Word, right? I
don't think any Word created doc (from any version, Win or Mac) will be
fully functional in Works--Diane, which did you mean?

DM


On 4/8/05 6:55 AM, "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]" wrote:

> Hi Diane:
>
> Yes, but not the other way around, and there are issues.
>
> The main issue is that artefacts render at a different size on the two
> platforms, so when designing your forms you have to be careful that text is
> going to fit on each platform.
>
> Word PC forms are frequently full of ActiveX controls. These will not run
> on the Mac.
>
> However, forms created in Word on the Mac will function perfectly in Word on
> the PC.
>
> Hope this helps
>
>
> On 8/4/05 03:37, in article
> 1112895473.949598.96110@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> "diane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <diane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Folks!
>>
>> Happy Spring to everyone! :)
>>
>> I was wondering, is it possible to create fillinable documents/forms in
>> Word 2004 for Mac that will be fully functional in Works for Windows?
>>
>> Thank you thank you!!
>> Diane Dennis
>>

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